At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. **A Day in the Life** We are a company who inspiring the extraordinary, for more than 75 years, we have led the way with purpose-driven healthcare technology. That history compels us to relentlessly pursue therapies that change lives. The role is opened to continue our daily milestone in serving our patients & partners and give them the highest level of support & partnership which is aligned with our daily mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Do you consider you have the right experience for an Upstream Marketing Lead role? If yes, then send us your resume and enter the recruitment process right away! For this role you will be expected to be located in Warsaw-Poland or Istanbul-Türkiye or Prague- Czechia or Riyadh-KSA or Johannesburg-South Africa or Dubai-United Arab Emirates or Cairo-Egypt. **Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:** Upstream Marketing Lead for Cardiac Surgery portfolio will be responsible for the development, planning, and deployment of all marketing activities, including marketing strategies, market development projects, product/portfolio planning, and launch activities in Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia region and will be instrumental to support implementation efforts of the downstream marketing team in sub-regions. This job supports also the regional Downstream Marketing Leads and his/her team and Country/Cluster/ Portfolio Leaders and their teams in developing and implementing innovative projects for meeting financial objectives of sales, market share, and profitability. Other Duties to the above mentioned: + Partner with Global Operating Units (OUs), regional/sub-regional marketing team, business leadership, and functional (Pricing, Clinical Research Medical Science, Demand Planning, Commercial Operation, etc.) and enabler representatives to elaborate annual marketing plans and strategies to achieve sustainable competitive advantages and commercial success for Cardiac Surgery portfolios + Identifies unmet customer requirements, new business opportunities and provides vision and direction to regional and global partners while expanding the patient access with therapy development activities includes conducting and evaluating market research data + Utilizes omni-channel marketing models incorporating paid, owned, earned, and shared content strategies. + Serve as architect of the marketing strategy for Cardiac Surgery portfolio utilizing a complete market planning and execution tool kit covering: product/Service portfolio strategy and develop programs based on Marketing Insights, market segmentation, targeting and positioning (Integrated Value Proposition), integrated commercial strategy, aligned with sales and marketing organizations and omnichannel teams, strategy for non-traditional channels such as scientific publications, public relations, digital, health economics and non-clinical stakeholders & key opinion leader advocacy strategy & building proctorship network **Required Knowledge and Experience:** + Subscribe to the Medtronic mission, company culture and values. + Minimum of 7 years of experience in marketing, market and business development + Proficiency in English + Advance computer literacy Preferably digital marketing experience, medical device marketing experience, sales and project management experience, medical/biomedical degree, MBA or other advanced business degree. **Physical Job Requirements** The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.  **Benefits & Compensation** **Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package** A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. **About Medtronic** We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com) **Welcome to our new Careers Site!** **If you applied before July 22nd, please check your email for a notification from us providing you with instructions and a link to set up your new account and retain access to your current activity. If you do not see an email from us, please feel free to proceed with creating a new account.** We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. **We change lives** . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. **We build extraordinary solutions as one team** . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. **This life-changing career is yours to engineer** . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… + **Build** a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world + **Grow** a career reflective of your passion and abilities + **Connect** to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning These commitments set our team apart from the rest: **Experiences that put people first** . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need. **Life-transforming technologies** . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. **Better outcomes for our world** . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. **Insight-driven care** . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here (https://www.e-verify.gov/employees) . For updates on job applications, please go to the candidate login page and sign in to check your application status. If you need assistance completing your application please email AskHR@medtronic.com To request removal of your personal information from our systems please email RS.HRCompliance@medtronic.com